Eliot A. Jardines was the first

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(ADDNI/OS) in the United States.DNI Open Source Conference 2008 "Decision Advantage" agenda, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, July 2008.

Early life and education

Born in New York City to a Cuban father and Costa Rican mother, Jardines is fluent in Spanish and was raised in Fairfield, Connecticut. As a teenager, he achieved the rank of

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.Eliot A. Jardines - LinkedIn profile
/ref> He is a graduate of the

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with a dual degree in political science and Latin American studies. He received a Master of Arts degree in international studies from the

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and a Master of Science in Strategic Intelligence degree from the

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. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in Executive Leadership at

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Military career

Jardines served in military intelligence assignments overseas and in the United States in both the active Army and the Army Reserve. He got his start in open source intelligence as a member of the

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's 434th Military Intelligence Detachment (Strategic), which was affiliated with

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and commanded by then Colonel

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, a former

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Congressman. According to press reports, Jardines ran OSINT efforts at the 66th Military Intelligence Group in Augsburg, Germany.

Business career (1996–2005)

Mr. Jardines was the founder and president of Open Source Publishing, Inc., a privately held firm providing open source intelligence support to the public and private sectors. The firm was acquired by Radiance Technologies, Inc., where he served as the director of the Radiance Open Source Intelligence Division.

Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence (2005–2008)

Assuming his position on 5 December 2005, he was responsible for developing strategic direction, establishing policy and managing fiscal resources for open source exploitation as well as document and media exploitation for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). He is notable as the foremost U.S. federal government authority with respect to

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, for establishing the

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and for authoring ICD301.DNI Intelligence Community Directive 301
"National Open Source Enterprise"
11 July 2006. According to an intelligence blogger
Jardines was a contender for the CIA Director
position when

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resigned.

Current position

Jardines returned to the private sector as the Chief Knowledge Officer of CENTRA Technology, Inc. in April 2008. He currently serves on the Loudoun County Criminal Justice Board, Clarke County Sheriff's Office Advisory Council, and the Shenandoah University Business School Advisory Board.

Early life and education

Military career

Business career (1996–2005)

Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence (2005–2008)

Current position

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